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ARTINZENE Issue no. 1 21 february 2015, QLD Publisher Artinzene Editors
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Michelle Ward Mark Wambold Graphic Design Artinzene Multi-media Web Design
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Editors Notes Pg 4, Art By Michelle Ward Pg 5-6, Digital Creations by Jonathan Baron Pg 8-12, Painting by Michelle Ward Pg 13, Man Cannot Live on Bread Alone, The Value of Art, by Isle Van Staden Pg 14, Reborn In Time by Christa Juarez Pg 15-19, Felicity Lawless Pg 20-23 Musings from Nathan Kaye Pg 24-27, Film Reviews by Mark Wambold Pg 29-31
Sales & marketing Kerry Thompson Dana Contributing writers Michelle Ward Jonathan Barton
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My Oneness Journey, by Dana Pg 58-62, My Jainist Pilgrimage by Mark Wambold, Indian Stories, Varanasi by Mark Wambold Pg 64-67, Thailand, Phuket by Brendan McMullum Pg 68-69.
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Dear Time by Joshua Holms Pg 70, Piercing Light & Dim Moonlight by Sashton Waters Pg 71, Nimjara by Pepe Moore Pg 72-43, Poetry by Joshua Gorissen Pg 74-75, Us by Mark Wambold Pg 76, Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil by Rachael Dawson Pg77
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Sharks Under Threat by Claire Wilkinson Pg 78-80, Serenity Painting by Michelle Ward Pg 81, Photography & Snaps by Caresse Cranwell Pg 82-85, Organic Family Pg 86-87.
Isle van Staden Christa Juarez Felicity Lawless Nathan Kaye Mark Wambold Melanie Brockwell Louise Moriaty
Photo of Andrea Kleidon, by Rosie Bason Pg 32, How does this Serve You by Melanie Brockwell P 33-37, My Time by Louise Moriaty Pg 38-40, Spiritual Quandry by Melanie Brockwell Pg 41-44, Acceptance by Miro Hodza Pg 45-47, The Way of Livingness and Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices by Rosie Bason, Pg 48-51, There is Always Hope, by Hope Indigo Sylk Pg 52-53, A New Year Gift to Yourself of Non-Judgement, by Louise Moriaty Pg 54-56, Auric Field, by Michelle Ward Pg 57.
Miro Hodza Rosie Bason Hope Indigo Sylk Dana Brendan McMullum Joshua Holms
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ashton Waters Pepe Moore Rachael Dawson Claire Wilkinson Caresse Cranwell Ashleigh Hart
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elcome to the 1st issue of Artinzene.
The beauty of Artinzene is that it’s a wonderful literary and graphic creation of a collection of talented writers and artists working to create a positive and creative global online community. Artinzene Magazine has been quietly formulating over the last two years and finaly the timing was right to launch this baby into being. Here we have the opportunity to showcase fresh creative talent. I’m so grateful to inspire and share the passions of extraordinary people through Artinzene. My part in this Creator & Designer and Editor. I would like to thank all of my contributors, friends and global family for making this magazine a possibility and for sharing your articles, stories, art, poetry, musings and creativity to a wider audience - ARTINZENE The growth of the online magazine depends on you, and is always open to receiving new contributors to join our fabulous team! Please email artinzene@gmail with any questions, comments, feedback or enquiries.
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ART By michelle ward
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he very basis of the magazine is art and health and how important these two aspects of life are in creating a fulfilling and healthy life for ourselves and others. Art and expression of the artist is a gift we are given to share with others, to inspire, to ignite, to transform and excite and stimulate something within every viewer. Art is driven by passion and fire from within.
For the artist nothing is concrete or or secure, we live a life of unknowns and unpredictable outcomes. It is our most important calling to create works to share with the world.
The artist brings to this world a gift for humanity, to improve life, to challenge ideals, to give love to our planet and to be true to one’s own self in the expression of our most inner core.
Art encompasses many different mediums. Artinzene will feature artists and their painting, drawing, photography, film, animation, poetry, music, dance, perofrmace, sculpture and more. We wish to showcase the impressive talents of
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art artists across the world, joining cultures to create a global community or art and healing.
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his season we feature two prominent artists FIrst is Jonathan Barton. Jonathan works in digital media and creates amazing fractal graphic imagery that lends itself to the imagination Secondly our featured photographer is Christa Juarez, an established practicing photography from Mexicali, Mexcio. Her latest series entitled “Beings of Light� show the many dimensions an artist holds within and the process of rebirthing ourself throughout our current lifetime. She has had over 20 exhibitions in Baja Calafornia and is a highly regarded photographer in her own right.
Jonathan Barton - 2D & 3D Fractal Flames by Jonathan Barton, an artist who specialises in fractal mathematics and geometry. Based in London, UK Digital Art By Jonathan Barton
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onathan Barton is an artist living and working in the southwest of England. Having always spent his time being creative, he worked for a number of years with watercolours, painting mostly landscape pieces, before moving on to producing very small-scale pieces of Celtic artwork which gave him a grounding in precision working methods. The inspiration for this came from spending several months living in a caravan on a beach on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, with a view over to the island of Iona, where there is a very old Christian abbey - said to be the place where St. Columba first introduced Christianity to mainland Britain. Jonathan trained as a Photoshop artist in the early 1990s and then moved on to higher-end software around the turn of the millenium to produce 3D models and animations, attending courses in very sophisticated software including SoftImage, and eventually using mostly Lightwave and 3DS Max creating work predominately for industry, but also providing visuals/animations for dance music acts and music festivals. Recently though, he has been concentrating on modern fractal flames and 3D fractals - also using some of the 3D fractal software to create
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sculptural forms which he hopes to 3D print and cast in metals and concrete. The software used is Apophysis for the fractal flame images, and Mandelbulb3D for the 3D fractals - both of which are wonderful programs and are almost infinite in the number of different forms they can produce. The future looks set to be filled with pursuing accurate and precise methods of transferring the 3D fractals into true-life sculptural forms...with a view to creating very modern/organic lights and sculptures. Fractals have fascinated Jonathan for a number of reasons besides their beautiful artistic values. They are a fundamental part of modern science, being found in everything from the form of plants and animals right through to large-scale cosmological concepts. Fractals are increasiingly considered as one of the most important building blocks of our Universe and everything in it. By understanding the nature of fractal mathematics, it is possible to better understand the nature of the world and Universe we live in.
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onthan produces these works, with an eye to future sculptural pieces showing the same beautiful mathematical representations of the fractal nature of the world around us.
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Contemplating the nature of art is like pulling on a loose thread hanging down from heaven. You might just be lucky enough to bring down the very fabric of life like a giant magic carpet, but chances are you will unravel something eternally indescribable and end up in a great, big tangle of coloured string. Beautiful, certainly. Valuable, perhaps. But a great, big tangle of string nonetheless. As is the case with love, part of the mystery of art lies in the fact that we seem to be unable to pin it down. It is mercurial, a nameless creature that will not be labelled. At the most, art is definable only by example – this is art and that is not – and even this is open to subjective interpretation. If an object, be it a painting, a melody or a poem, has then after careful deliberation, discussion and argumentation, or by plain gut feeling, as is often the case, been deemed worthwhile to be called “art”, what does that imply? What is the value of art? Leaving aside the category of functional aesthetics or aesthetic functionality – because chairs and buildings and research papers can be works of art as well – art does not have any practical or concrete value in our everyday lives. We cannot eat it; it neither shelters nor clothes us; we cannot use art to dig a trench or build a house or drive to work. Its 14
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only value seems to lie in aesthetics. Like the diamond in a ring, its worth is measured in degrees of beauty. Yet not all art works are beautiful either. Perhaps art should be seen as articulation, expressing what cannot be communicated in the natural order of things, not even through words. Therein lies the trick – the order of things, the patterns that are formed by the words of a novel, the colours in a painting, the play of light and shadow on a sculpture. That is what resonates with something in us. That is the value of art. Remove all art from your life and you leach it of all its flavour. Man cannot live by bread alone. Even the beauty of nature somehow needs to be translated, to be grasped by dabbing paint on the wall of a cave or repeating nature’s song with the rhythmic clapping of hands. Art does indeed feed us. It nourishes the mind and waters the soul. Art does shelter us, softening the blows of thunder and hail. Art can transport us, to places unknown to the eye of man. Art is not just a meaningless, unintelligible dance with words, forms or tunes. It is as essential to our well-being as food, houses and clothes. Being touched by art is being touched by the very essence of life, even if it does sometimes seem like a great, big tangle of coloured string.
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his photography collection reflects the act of rebirth in all of their forms and aspects; the internal rebirth that precedes an important change in our life, the rebirth of the love we feel for ourselves and all our relationships, and the rebirth in consciousness and knowledge. That is why this collection is determined by both the aspects of light and darkness. There are in life moments of light and moments of darkness, but that darkness is often before a bright light is born, darknes is the mother of light. This collection is incredibly important to me because the models are two recognised artists of Baja California, and more importantly they are my teachers. Rita and Eduardo Beadle Luna.
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These picture reflect the interior world of the artist, and their cognitive universe.
This work is a reflection of the spirt, seeking the ancient knowledge and the very essence of life, that can help to understand us more like human beings, as a race and as a Society.
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hese pictures reflect the interior world of the artist, and their cognitive universe. The spectator is taken to a world that you can only reach by dreaming, one world parallel to our own, of the real and the imaginary. All of the people I have known in time, have told me that human beings can have more than one rebirth in life, because you always have the opportunity to improve and to do things in a better way. The opportunity we have to grow and to overcome our needs in life, is what makes us glow, expand and give light to others.
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another view of our county, an artist’s view. However in my world, as a Buddhist use to say, I am in peace. That is what this collection reflects, and you will see Cosmic Divinities, Star constellation maps, the relationship between man and time. The different faces of light and darkness, and the internal universe of Mexican and the Universal artist. This work is a reflection of the spirit, seeking the ancient kwowledge and the very essence of life, that can help to understand us more like human beings, as a race and as a society. Art speaks through time and reflects our history. Christa Juarez Valdez
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art The Gold Coast’s favourite gypsy goddess, Felicity Lawless is rapidly spreading her Bohemian message far and wide through music and lifestyle. Residing in the hills of Tallebudgera Valley, Lawless alternates between a peaceful life of creating, meditating, running and playing, and a hectic gigging schedule where she plays anywhere from the local health food store to festivals and pubs. “Happiness for me is found in the constant application of truth, art, love and beauty to one’s life in every possible circumstance,” explains Lawless. “It is a combination of stillness and hard work, silence and singing, and it is all of those things in whatever sense that they are true for each individual.”
to Perisher, NSW and Victoria. She played Bleach Festival, Swell and Caloundra Music Festival among others and is set for a big year of festivals in 2015, starting with Bleach on March 14. “Ouroboros is filled with songs which are part of my journey, my stories… but it is also a collaboration with many amazing local talents who helped shape the whole thing: my amazing band including Scott French of Lovestreet Studios (who produced the album) and the phenomenal visual artist Rebecca Cunningham who created the visual landscape of the music perfectly, and suggested the title.”
And it seems to be working for her. Her 2014 release ‘Ouroboros’ received plenty of airplay on Triple J, was album of the week on Gold Coast’s Rabbit Radio and on rotation on
The actual word ‘ouroboros’ suggests a symbol of a snake eating its own tale/tail, which represents total transformation, creation through destruction and rebirth. Not-so-coincidentally summer brought a huge snake season including a resident diamond python in Felicity’s
many community stations nationally. It also financed a tour
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art “There are songs in the seven basic keys which also represent the seven centres of our body. Songs in these keys speak to these areas and help to balance them. The album is a story of healing and every time I play the intention is to bring more joy and understanding to every audience member. I see no real point to life other than to enjoy being who we are, take care of our land and our animals and share our experiences with all the people around us so that we may all feel more peace and beauty in every moment. It is exciting to see the arts beginning to thrive on the coast and
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feel this spirit at more and more events,� said Felicity. Fusing world music and gypsy elements with folk and rock, her sound is characterised by a flashy, Spanish guitar style, soaring vocal melodies and hypnotic rhythms. She performs with an energy that elevates and inspires while infusing her crowds with enthusiasm and joy. Lawless is set to bring her sounds to Bleach Festival in March and then will embark on an epic tour of the snow, with both festival shows and a ten day residency in
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Perisher/Jindabyne. In between these, she will be found strutting her stuff solo, in duos, trios and with the band up and down the coast regularly. Felicity live shows are an act not to be missed. Lawless expresses so much passion and magnetic force that you can’t help but want to dance, she has a magical energy that flows throughout her lyrics, her guitar playing is absolutely mesmerising, she creates a frenetic energy of positivity that shakes you out and vibrates through your entire body so that you just have to dance!! She is electric! You must see this faboulous woman playing live !!! Find her gigs at: www.felicitylawless.com and check out her daily musings and updates at www.facebook.com/ FelicityLawlessMusic.
FELICITY’S GIG GUIDE March 1: The Milk Factory, West End 3:30 (band show) March 6: The Cardigan Bar, Sandgate 7pm March 8: The Bluff, Burleigh, 5pm March 14: Picnic in Your Patch featuring Bleach* Sistas Hinterland Regional Park, Mudgeeraba 12midday – 7.30pm : Band show and also playing with Julia Rose March 21: House with No Walls with Paul George and Andrea Kirwin March 22: Bambu Bar, Palm Beach, 4pm
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halom shalom wonderful beings!
Amidst my madcap performances, those of you that have seen me perform have heard me talking about finding the thing that gives you the WINGS to fly high in life, right? Finding & doing that thing (or those things) that really lift your spirit, beyond the mundane level of the rat-race, survival, routine, treadmill drudgery (to pay for things we don’t need to impress people we don’t particularly like) that we’ve all been indoctrinated to accept is all we are here to do, is clearly of utmost importance. You are unique!
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art not enough of this or that,” etc..? What a load of rubbish! Of course you can! Who better than you to do what makes you most happy? Happiness, sadness, joy, anger, excitement, fear, love, hate, generosity, pettiness, greed, compassion, frustration, patience are all emotions & states of mind that we choose. In every single moment we have an opportunity to choose a positive state or negative state of mind. We place far too much importance on external sources to make us happy.
There isn’t, nor ever has been, nor ever will be another person that is exactly ‘you’ ever! You are here to offer & gift your special talents as your specific contribution to life on this planet. You do that by doing what makes you happy.
Choose now to do at least 1 special thing just especially for your spirit each day & commit now (not tomorrow) to being the person you always dreamed of being &, as time goes on, whenever a negative thought pops into your head, it will pass on like clouds passing in the sky. You will be free of the inner tyrant-critic. You want to get good at something? Go practice it now (as soon as you’ve finished reading this article)!
So have you found that thing that gives you the WINGS to fly high in life? If so, are you taking steps each to live the life you dream? You owe it to yourself, to your children (or future children), to your ancestors to live your dream life. Why wait a moment longer? There is no better time than now. Why give any more time & energy to that tyrannical, critical voice in your head that says absolute falsehoods to you such as “you can’t,” “You’re not good enough,” “you don’t deserve it,” “Don’t be a dreamer,” “You’re too old,” “You’re too young,” “You’re to thin,” You’re too fat,” “You’re too this or that,” You’re ARTINZENE / Issue #1
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can’t, etc but in truth all you did was choose ‘won’t’… Because everything you do in life is your choice & your choice only…So choose big! Choose now! On another note, did you see that last full moon? Spectacular! I mentioned in a Facebook post that, no matter what problems we think we have, that moon is a cyclic reminder that we live our entire lives on an organic spaceship hurtling through the cosmos at over 800,000 kilometres per hour! Spinning & Spiralling at incredible speeds! And still we get caught up in our little daily dramas…
Turn off your TV! Shut down your computer, smart phone, tablet! For gawd’s sakes get off Facebook! Limit your time on these things right down & instead… PRACTICE DAILY! PRACTICE IT IN YOUR HEAD SEVERAL TIMES PER DAY TOO! LEARN! DO! ENJOY! And, even though it may take some time, you will get better at it! Heaps better!! It’s absolutely one hundred percent guaranteed! If you wish to be a fabulous martial artist, for example (or whatever you wish. Insert ability/profession here _____), don’t expect to be Bruce Lee overnight, but join a club, practice daily & passionately embrace it & someday you could be the next Bruce Lee, except better, you’ll be YOU. It is your choice… Or you find excuses why you couldn’t, didn’t, 26
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The truths that nature & the universe reveals to us, if we really connect & use our deeper vision, helps put things into perspective (both personally & collectively). Especially, that we really need to look after this precious planet-home of ours. And, even though there most likely is life somewhere far, far away on some distant habitable planet, in some distant solar system, in some far flung part of the galaxy, unfortunately at this stage of our evolution we don’t know where they are, if they’re intelligent, how to get there or make contact. So surely we need to take care of where we live & what sustains us. Our only home. That’s not some lefty-hippy shit, that’s a scientific fact. So every now & then, go outside & look up up that night sky, like our ancestors did and then go do something good for our Earth today, everyday… It’ll make you feel better about everything…
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Hopefully hear from or see you soon. Until then, keep life, fresh, alive & beautiful! May you always speak your truth, walk your talk & live your dreams…(And if you can’t, then be easy on yourself. Take one step at a time.)So deep peace & blessings to you all, enjoy the rest of the newsletter. musically yours, Nathan Kaye In Lak’ech (Mayan: I am another yourself)
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Film Reviews Advanced Style (2014) :: Documentary :: Director: Lina Plioplyte By mark wambold Mark Wambold - Raised in Canada, a drifter Advanced Style is a documentary about some of New York’s most stylish women – all over 60, some well into their 90’s. Ari Cohen seeks out these women on the street and charms them into posing for a few photos for his blog also called Advanced Style. This film explores the lives and the philosophies of some of these women; their attitudes, motivations and rationale for how they present themselves to the world.
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But this film is more than just original style and creativity through dress. Beyond any perception of vanity, it’s about growing a confidence in age, and a fierce individuality – something younger people don’t have enough of. Most of these women have lived a lot of life and now care less about what others think of them, comfortable in their own skin and proud of their style. Their lives unfold through interviews, anecdotes, apartments and later the backdrops of the wider media (ad campaigns and guest appearances on TV). From a vibrant spikey-red haired Debra Rapoport to a kooky Ilona Smithkin (who makes her own crazy false 30
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eyelashes), attention to detail and vivid colours are paramount. So what are you wearing now? A black puffa jacket like too many others around you, or a colourful cardigan and a matched scarf? Regardless of what you’re wearing, if you want to watch a little slice of downtown Manhattan and come away with a brace of positive messages about original style and getting older, Advanced Style is worth checking out.
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DVD REVIEW: THE MASTER (2012) Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Joaquin Phoenix, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams give Oscar nominated performances in this unconventionally constructed film. The Setup Phoenix is ‘Freddie Quell’, a WWII veteran more interested in serious drinking over anything else. Set in 1950’s America, his criminal/ immoral misadventures eventually lead him to the borrowed ship of Hoffman’s character ‘Lancaster Dodd’, a charismatic cult-leader (most closely resembling L. Ron Hubbard - the founder of Scientology). Dodd and his family take the hopeless Quell under their wing, and continue a nomadic, evangelical lifestyle funded by the rich who want to believe in ‘The Cause’. The Master revolves around a mentally unstable Freddie, contrasted with an ‘enlightened’ and socially adept ‘Master’ Lancaster Dodd. The Challenge It’s hard to identify with any character in this film. Director Anderson has purposely written opaque characters in a film that ultimately preaches little – and that’s the major point of it all. Cult-
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like leader Dodd loves the attention and unashamedly moves the ‘family’ from one rich benefactor to another in an attempt to play God (his grand ‘office’ in England the biggest visual cue). Likewise the deeply flawed Freddie Quell has a past wrought with mental illness in the family, no real home to identify with, and only fleeting and misdirected ideas of commitment and passion. Additionally there is no traditional ending, which is congruent to themes in the film, yet flies in the face of any expectations an audience usually has. The Payoff Despite these challenges, The Master relies on strength of performance to carry the material. Hoffman steps into the self-assured, charismatic shoes of Dodd in the relaxed way only an experienced, talented actor can. Amy Adams plays his wife Peggy with equal measures of control and energy as required (though a 4th Oscar nomination for this limited role makes one wonder whether the Academy just likes her as an actress).
Yet it’s Joaquin Phoenix who ends up dominating the film through pure force of believability and selfsacrifice as Freddie. His complete physical commitment is the equal of anything we’ve ever seen. Painfully thin, slumped over and adopting the nervous mannerisms of a man on edge, this dedication becomes apparent as he beats others, lashes out breaking everything around him, and even fights himself. Most of this we take in stride before realizing he is Freddie Quell, the transformation so convincing. The moment comes late in The Master as we gaze upon an extended close-up of Freddie – the face of a weathered, gaunt, broken man staring at Dodd with an utterly lost, slightly crazed expression, mad, dark eyes (the strongest ‘Oscar moment’ I’ve seen this year, and the culmination of every character Phoenix has played in the last decade). The Verdict This is a film worth seeing just for Joaquin Phoenix, and you’ll think about it for a few days – which also means a nod to Paul Thomas Anderson is warranted. Impressive.
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outside of you and the thing you transfer is yours to give. This makes you separate. When you believe that everything is energy, that you are energy, that life is an expression of the Infinite, then you know there is no exchange. There is only presence and experience and embodied consciousness. The dance of energy is a constantly moving experience of this moment. There is no fixed address from which to give and take. You work to earn money to buy stuff that you own and choose to share in the language of exchange. From Oneness there is the experience of this moment with the props of life that enable you to have a stand point from within a living culture, that is also constantly moving, and in a dance where there is no fixed address from which to state one aspect is influencing another. The whole as aspects is dancing into new forms, new configurations of experience. The whole on all levels – cell, organ, system, body, household, family and community are all arbitrary labels that hold no real separation from each other. All are permeable and cultrally constructed. ARTINZENE / Issue #1
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The only whole that you can know is All That Is which does not exist in linear time-space so it’s not quantifiable in that sense. And if the only whole that you can know is not quantifiable then what is it? I know you are used to seeing symptoms as signs of something you’re not paying attention to or of ways to be kinder to yourself but I’m going to tell you something about the new way of operating on the planet that does not make you wrong. A way that does not make you wait or leave you wondering how you need to bolster your self-esteem in order to get what you want is called Oneness. There are definitely some changes to the system you’re used to. No more drive-thru lifestyle orders. No more enlightenment or levelling up. This Oneness stuff is pretty radical. There’s not even any right or wrong. Best of all, it’s not a convincing thing. You don’t have to believe it! If you start reading and realise that you know what you believe (and it’s not Oneness) then go for it! Do that, have that, be that! Stop trying to follow other people’s instructions and stand in your own sense of what works. If that’s service as exchange, then that’s what it is.
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But if you’re drawn to Oneness and know somewhere inside that it’s actually the thing that you’ve been believing all along (even though you followed other ideas along the way) then give yourself a chance to know service in a new way. Service from Oneness Focus is important. You have heard the spiel about intention, right? Well, intention is basically what you are intent or focused upon (not what you believe is going to happen or what you want to happen as a consequence of doing something imbued with the energy of your ‘intention’). Wherever you are right now, you are focused on something. It could be the thing you want to learn, the fact you don’t know yet, the to-do list that keeps you ticking boxes so you can deserve to feel accomplished or worthy of whatever you are otherwise denying yourself.
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health What are you focused on? How does that serve you? How does looking at the world as you do serve you? How does it get you what you want? Because somewhere that’s exactly what it’s doing. Your focus, your opinion about what’s going on, about what’s important in this moment is serving you by getting you what you want. What you want is not what you wish for. What you want is to feel safe in a world that recognises you as a gift and values who you are (not what you do). You want this in the only way you know how to make this true. Money makes you feel safe so you focus on that. Big, strong, violent people make you feel safe so you focus on that. Being invisible makes you feel safe so you focus on that. Being vulnerable and needy makes you feel safe so you focus on that. There are no rules that say you want happiness as a function of happy experiences. Most people focus on what gives them a sense of control. Making judgements on other people and being in a position of powerlessness where life is happening to you, is a comfortable control space. Your boss, the government, big corporations, the other drivers, the local council, idiots in general, are all given the power to decide how you feel. You want to know there is a reason, you want to know life makes sense, so you make up a story about how all of these things influence who you are and how you navigate the world.
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health “I can’t do xyz because …” is just one example. “I wish I had more xyz so I could …” is another. “If only that [person, job, car, system] would be more/less xyz, then my life would be …” is probably the most commonly used. It’s all about other people needing to change or other systems or objects needing to be different. What if nothing had to be different? What if “how does this serve me?” replaced all of those pondering notions of control, so that you could focus on this moment as life happening to you?
Melanie Brockwell is an empathic mentor, eclectic scribe, oracle, soundsorceress and spiritual linguist. Based on Gold Coast, Australia
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Do you feel like there is never enough time? Do you sometimes feel like here we go again, tax time, christmas time, what happened to my lifetime? I have an app on my phone that overlays the Gregorian calendar with the Mayan calendar. This is important to me. As the calendar is the tool that directs the way I divide time in my day, I want that tool to have meaning for me. When I tell people that July 25th is the end of Mayan calendar they say “Didn’t that finish in 2012?. Like our calendar we come to the end of a cycle and it all starts again. The Mayans had more than one calendar and the dream spell calendar which has been interpreted in recent times is the one that I use to enhance my intentional consciousness expansion. The way I interpret it is that the 20 solar energies and 13 tones that are overlaid like fractals throughout the calendar, describe energies that contribute to the evolution of consciousness on the planet. By tuning into them and aligning with them, the spiral of evolution is enhanced through you. You become like a radio station playing that frequency. At the most practical level if you asked a child to measure something and they used three different lengths of ruler, you would explain to them that it was crazy, a meter is a meter is a meter. But we go through the year measuring months in all different lengths, giving days different values based on the economic system and the determination of the lords who would have kept us working six days a week.
So each year has 13 moons of 28 days which correlate to the moon, a women’s cycles and even the number of plates on a turtles shell. At the very least it would mean if you had say a poetry slam on the last Thurs of the month it would always be on the same date. And the space they call the day out of time is left free to honor our innate creativity and beauty. The 5 days leading up to it are days of purification. The Mayans believe that if we are in tune with the natural timing cycles we too would move in synchronicity and beauty like birds and fish. The law that governs time is Time + Energy = Art. If we are in tune with the natural timing cycle and we put energy in we will create beauty. I have been experimenting with this calendar for about 15 years and believe me my life has become all the more beautiful for it.
Louise is a poet and explorer. You can find her on the day out of time 25th July at 7pm at the Dust Temple for a Word Jam celebration. Or to request a poem, learn more about her writing to right your life sessions contact her through her facebook pages “The Poet” Louise Moriarty or Circus Tribe. louise.m66@bigpond.com 0417 830 040
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Spiritual Quandary: When To Choose Between ‘Now’ and the Bigger Picture By Melanie Brockwell
I open my emails this morning to one guy who wants to teach me a simple 3 step process to discover and share your talents and gifts to the world and to leave a legacy on this planet (which also happens to make me lots of cash); while someone else is offering me the blueprint for your best year ever (also enticingly capable of making me rich); yet another email points out a scientific study showing that most people would rather continue to do something that ISN’T working, rather than try something new that MIGHT work, and risk failing as a taunt to book a session with their rockstar coaching team (who will show me how to make more money); and lastly, a special Guidebook gift to help me get the most out of a brandnew, free online seminar event about my transformation! Whether it’s love, money or time, people seem to be selling all manner of methods to acquire more. Except when I reach the Shift Network’s email about Gangaji - Natural Realization: Peacefully Resolving the Tension Between Freedom and Daily Responsibility. Gangaji will guide listeners into the deepest possibility for their lives as they walk the razor’s edge of their divinity and humanity, revealing how to: ~ Resist nothing and fully open to all that is arising ~ Find refuge in the silence, even in the midst of conflict and miscommunication ~ Invite your whole being to surrender at a deeper level than the mind.
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Freedom is not found outside of commitments and responsibilities but through profound surrender. Nonresistance to life allows us to realize that there is nothing to get and nowhere to go. Everything we are is already here. That’s rare. To find someone willing to talk about our experience as already perfect. Not in the comparative way, perfect for your purpose. When the expansion of that idea leads to labels of ‘miscommunication’ and ‘conflict’ I wonder if it is the same kind of perfect that I espouse. With a ‘deeper level’ to be discovered and a sense of ‘resistance’ the appeal of perfection is all but lost. I get that it’s hard to see life beyond oppositions and better outcomes.I see that life is presented in a way you can’t help but judge as right and wrong. What I’m excited about is the fact that no-one else is taking you through the eyes of Spirit - so it must be my job! If no-one else on the planet is talking about Oneness as no polarities, non judgement, no pathology, no control and no separation - then it must be up to me to introduce this crazy new idea.
Think about it for a moment. If Oneness is about no separation, then how can you have an ‘effect’ on someone else? How can you have unconditional love for your ow can you separate know where start fellow beings if you the your worldsenses into right-wrong, and end? Howgood-bad can you know where your soul enlightened-ignorant, et cetera? connects to the Infinite? How can you know whowhat is serving whom when there is no separation? I like Gangaji is saying about surrender and the idea
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that we are seeking a way to peacefully resolve the tension between freedom and daily responsibility. Divided priorities will always lead us into a space of uncertainty where we question our purpose. I know this because I also know there’s something else going on. Because I Am not capable of seeing anything outside of the perfection of the Divine, I Am exactly where I need to be at all times (even when I don’t know why). For me, there is no ‘waiting’ or ‘better outcome’ because I can see what Spirit tells me - life is happening for me.
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Even all the things you believe to be ‘obstacles’ of ‘evil’ are still manifestations of the Divine. We are coming into an age where more and more people want to feel their connection to the Divine directly. People want to see the world through Spirit’s eyes so they can make sense of life from a place of Inner Peace. It’s your Divine Identity that allows you to experience each moment on Earth directly through Spirit. That’s what I’m called to do. Speak the words, sing the sounds and hear the messages that allow you to see yourself as directly connected. Once you know yourself as an aspect of the Divine, it’s up to you how to proceed - as a separate human being, or in Oneness. Either way you are always on purpose, always an aspect of the Divine, and perfectly designed for your mission. If you decide to experience life as a point of Oneness, then I will stand with you in that too. Whatever you decide is perfect. Life is a unique and sacred experience. If you’re looking for something that doesn’t make you wrong; if you’re open to new ideas about how we operate on this planet, then trust your intuitive guidance and make a connection...
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common factor. Symptoms such as poor digestion, lack of energy, lack of joy, anxiety, fear, to name a few, have at their root, internal stress. Stress over not feeling valued, not feeling appreciated, living with constant fear of not being good enough and being found out (to be somehow inadequate). These fears and feelings can be related to basing self-value on external values and opinions. As such, they form an enormous and unsustainable burden ARTINZENE / Issue #1
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health on the mind and - because mind and body are interconnected - the body. From a shiatsu point of view this burden would set the person up to energetically exhaust their organ systems in particular the kidney and bladder, the water element. Acceptance, compassion and understanding are the vital ingredients in a person’s recovery and are often missed in the modern therapeutic process. Acceptance of their own place and value within this world, acceptance of their situation, of who they are with nothing needed to be added or subtracted. By accepting and feeling these feelings and fears, many symptoms can be shifted, much anxiety and worry can be unravelled, and much contentment and joy regained. Initially in a clinic setting, the practitioner does the listening. However this is only a part of the process that in time triggers their own realisations. Slowly, they begin to recognise their self-talk. See the belief systems of how they “should be�. And slowly open up in the process trying different dialogues with themselves. What if i am ... Good enough? This is where big changes happen, of which the first is acceptance - self-acceptance or better said, self-reconciliation.
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health Scientific research has found that a calm mind is very important to your health. Without anxiety holding the body’s qi in knots, the body’s own powerful systems of healing are able to function fully.
~ What if instead of having your energy shifted unconsciously you tuned in and remained anchored in your own sense of self and based your responses and actions from there?
There is much room for treatments and medicines but not at the expense or in place of genuine listening, kindness and understanding. At best these interventions loose their effectiveness with everincreasing dosages or stronger and at worst stronger treatments becoming necessary. Once the mind is free of the internal turmoil, the person’s own defences are remarkably adept at making repairs, however this can only truly take place once acceptance has taken place both externally (as an idea that is plausible) and internally (as a set of internalised values and beliefs).
~ What if your actions towards yourself - your self talk or referring to yourself also came from this sense of self and not from the energies of people around you? Note that this does not mean that should you reject advice or comments from people you value and love but rather that you consider if their advice reflects their situation or yours.
As an exercise, take your time to settle your mind (yoga and meditation are excellent choices as is simply walking in silence) and consider the following points:
Shiatsu therapy, originating from japan, has in common with traditional chinese medicine the use of diagnosis and acupuncture points and other tools. Instead of using needles a practitioner makes an energetic connection through their hands and works to remove blocks, be they emotional, physical, systemic or energetic.
~ How did you feel after encountering a person who is sad, angry or indeed happy? Did you feel a change in your mood? Is that your energy or theirs? ~ Think about your own responses in times past, when you were perhaps suffering from strong emotions such as anger, grief or stress. Were these responses ~ in hindsight - a true reflection of what you wanted to express? Were they worthy of all the energy you expended on them?
There is much to be said for the benefits of compassion and self-acceptance in a process of healing our core and growing beyond the shackles that bind.
Miro practices shiatsu and massage therapies. His quiet space is located in elwood victoria, an inner suburb of melbourne. When he isn’t helping people with their health, he enjoys bushwalking and camping. He loves to paint and draws much inspiration from nature. His interest in natural therapies came later in life after a successful career in it.
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From a teenager onwards I made some choices that I didn’t even realise were choices: I just made them because I thought it was normal, never once stopping to consider the effects these choices were having on my body. Here are some of the things I would do: - I would eat whatever I wanted – take-away food, chips or fries, deep-fried foods and packaged, processed foods. I used to drink a can or two of Coke or Diet Coke a day. - I was so into cheese that I could eat a 1kg block of it by myself in less than a week. - Smoking at least a packet of cigarettes a day – sometimes two – was normal. I grew up in the Caribbean where there were no laws for underage smoking and it only cost $2 a packet, so money never stopped me from being a chimney. I also smoked a lot of marijuana as well – that too was cheap and socially acceptable.
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- I would drink alcohol to the point where it would make me sick and even though my body reacted every time, I would just do it again. On the island where I lived it there was no tax or duty on alcohol so it was often cheaper than a can of Coke or a juice. - I would drink coffee, tea and other caffeinated drinks as well as eat a lot of sugary products as I was always feeling tired. These lifestyle choices were affecting my moods, my energy levels and my whole life but I did not put the pieces of the puzzle together. I just thought it was a normal way to live. I didn’t know that there was another way. How did things change? ARTINZENE / Issue #1
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health What Steps did I Take to Get to Where I am Today? First of all I became aware that there was another way. I met some amazing people who are true role models and showed me The Way of the Livingness – being connected with yourself; taking responsibility, knowing that everything you do affects everyone around you. It has been presented recently by Serge Benhayon of Universal Medicine and is super simple. In this Way, there are no rules or guidelines, so to speak, so you can’t fail or not ‘pass GO’. This ‘no-rules’ approach was what I embraced first as I have always been a bit rebellious and have never liked being constricted by rules and regulations. The Way of the Livingness gave me the freedom to make my own choices and be responsible for all of them. At first it was rather challenging taking responsibility for all the old choices I had made, but there was no point in beating myself up for doing things I hadn’t even been aware I was doing, let alone for being unaware of the damage I’d been causing in my own body. - I didn’t go cold turkey and give everything up, wave the magic wand and ‘voila!’ - I took baby steps, making small changes slowly, without ever having to give it all up at once: 50
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health - There wasn’t, and still isn’t, a goal as such – it was more like each day I just made choices that felt right for me. I’m not perfect, I used to have an occasional hot chip if my daughter had some. But the thing is, my body speaks very loudly and clearly to me these days and I listen. I never felt great after eating the chips – I just enjoyed the part of putting them in my mouth. Nowadays I choose not to eat them, as I no longer want to ignore what my body will tell me later. And this is how I am refining my foods, with awareness and looking into the reason why I want to eat certain foods.
ROSIE BASON Woman of the world, sailed right around and now feel my feet firmly on the ground. Always been too busy, rushing and taking on too much but my body has put a stop to that, and now I am learning to slow down. I like writing, painting, taking photos and walking down the beach, as well as getting my hands in the dirt and watching my garden grow. I own a business, I am raising a child and learning each and every day that it’s not about what we do, but who we truly are.
I didn’t give everything up and now live a boring life. It’s quite the opposite. I let go of a lot of the things that were not healthy for me, and now I live a vibrant, energy-filled life. I enjoy my days and dance and sing like I never ever did before. In the past I would only dance if I was wasted: now I dance and sing and have so much fun. I have deep gratitude for Serge Benhayon and his family for showing me The Way of the Livingness and supporting me with so much love over the last 5 years. It has been awesome making healthy lifestyle choices and getting to feel younger as I grow older!
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There is Always Hope! Guidance and Counsel from Spiritual Teacher and Light Healer, HOPE INDIGO SYLK. Hello and welcome to my page of hope. Through my own personal and professional experiences as a teacher and healer, my understanding is that life is necessarily about ebb and flow. We create and attract to us experiences that provide us with opportunities for Soul growth and development. That if we allow ourselves to trust in our own divinity, we can glean insight and wisdom from our experiences. So in order to affect change, we need to understand that experience begets opportunity and that opportunity presents us with choice. And life is about choice, and all choice has consequence; that is a natural law of the Universe. If we can move to a space beyond the perspective of ‘good’ and ‘bad’, we can also distance ourselves somewhat from our personal pain and suffering and see aspects of our life more objectively. This enables us to make more empowered and harmonious choices which thus flows on to create a more rewarding life with more fulfilling experiences. No situation is hopeless. Sometimes we simply need a little help in seeing more objectively. I look forward to helping you view your ‘problems’ as rewarding growth opportunities. Please submit your question to artinzene@gmail.com. Love and Blessings, Hope x 52
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health Office Bully I have a huge problem with a colleague at work. We have never hit it off and now she goes out of her way to demean and ridicule me in front of others; I know she enjoys showing me up. Our team leader is aware of how I feel but doesn’t see there’s a problem. I’ve tried being really nice to this woman, talking about it to her and ignoring her, but she is relentless. She’s making my work-life a misery and now I feel like quitting. Annie, Toowoomba Annie, everyone has the right to work in a supportive environment where they feel comfortable. People who have a need to devalue others in order to make themselves feel better are coming from a space of insecurity, and possibly loneliness and sadness as well. There is an energy pattern of disharmony between you; that of bully and victim. To change this situation for you, you need to change your
inner world; you need to come from a space of strength and empowerment. You need to reclaim your power rather than compromise your own dignity and self respect by seeking this colleague’s approval. Do not try to appease her and do not avoid her; simply go about your day. The less you react, the less you give your power away. Spend time each day telling yourself how confident, strong and empowered you are; remind yourself that all is well in your world of work; how much you enjoy your job. Affirmations work well in situations like this and so does creative visualisation. ‘See’ and ‘feel’ yourself happy, relaxed and confident at work; you are the focus at work, not the colleague. Over time this will start to become your experience. Eventually nothing this person does or says will have any impact on you; the bullying energy pattern within her may remain, but the victim energy pattern in you will have cleared, so there will no longer be an energy attraction between you. Hope x
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A new year gift to yourself of non-judgement By Louise Moriaty
Or as the Beatle’s would say how to “Let it Be!" I have been giving myself a hard time lately. Well all my life really! Pushing myself to do better, achieve more, act different. It seems no matter what I did, I was never satisfied. (It makes great sense why I don’t have a partner, how could they ever keep up to that ‘never perfect enough standard'. There were days when I would have left if I could). That energy field is gone, that persona has left the building. The never good enough, never quite satisfied girl is shipping out. I am going to accept myself, surrender to what is and…………(sound of screeching brakes)……. Blow out! Energy field has immersed me. EEEEEEmotion bomb!!!!!!!!!!!! Personal attack on myself, put downs, emotional overload, I can do it, no you can’t, yes I can, affirmations, angel/ devil conversation in my head, bouncing, flip flopping, sure, whatever, your in the same old pattern, it never changes, you are doomed. You are one crazy mixed up girl! 54
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When we feel like we are out of control, stuck in a scenario that isn’t what we put the order in for. This is when we do really need to stop judging ourselves and hear the message. Especially in the middle of those seemingly overloading yet potentially cathartic expression sessions. When your worst fear/nightmare, the bit you just wish you weren't pops up. That pattern you’ve been trying to heal,
health *Each moment is a miracle!* Well once we take right and wrong out. But what on earth do we replace it with? When we leave polarities behind and nothing is ranked better or worse, there is no higher self to aim for, no evolution, just a continuing series of wondrous sensations that are ever changing. What will float our boat, power our inspiration to get the job done? Where will the energy come from to get on with it? What stops us from going the bad guys win and I give up! (There it is again polarities, judgements.) First holiday activity Set yourself the challenge. How long can you go without being or making something, someone else right/ wrong, good/bad, better/worse? (and then without making yourself wrong, bad, worse when you catch yourself.) solve, avoid for so long. What can you do with it: if you decide not to berate it, try to fix it or hide it from the world? Let it be. Find a place for it. With compassion for this part of you. What is it telling you? How is it serving you to believe you are crazy…….. (or insert unloved, not supported, whatever those nightmare voices tell you)? What do you give yourself permission to be, do, have as long as you keep right on believing, “you can’t do anything about that, it is just the @#@$%% way it is;”.
Next holiday activity! Joy in the moment of course. What would I truly love to do? Can I actually let myself rest? Play video games? Watch Game of Thrones…. again? Do whatever you want!!!!!! Let yourself fully drop in and have the experience. What does it make you feel? What comes up when you go there? Especially when you are fighting something? Let yourself have it and be okay with it. Drop the guilt and be vulnerable to your own feelings and experience.
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To be truly intimate with others we have to be able to recognise and respect our own deeper reasoning and rational behind all of our actions. How are they serving us? Hang on why let this only happen on holidays, Start now!! Every moment ask yourself: What do you need to let the part of me that is vying for my attention express itself . Dance, sing. paint? Cook a meal for someone, take a walk, ring a friend? What is the universe lighting up for you to do? Don’t be surprised if it is nothing? If all of us settled for doing nothing at all this xmas, the entire earth would take it’s next deep breath and keep right on growing. We would be held in its nurturing energy feel the love. Then knowing this we could all accept ourselves just as we are. Perfect one moment, perfectly crazy the next and neither way does it matter. All experiences personally designed and branded for our unique fabulous configuration in this magical world.
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The aura is an energy field surrounding the body of all living creatures. It has a bioelectrical frequency and similar properties to radiation, electricity and magnetism. It can be felt with placing your hands close to the body and can be seen by some gifted people as different colours radiating around the body. Sometimes we can sense other peoples auras and if they are unhealthy we may get an uncomfortable feeling around that person or if we feel really attracted to someone we may be reading a high frequency
healthy aura. A healthy aura can radiate about 3 feet from the body. Some people that have studied auras believe anyone can learn how to see auras. There are different ways of healing our aura, magnets can be beneficial and give a positive effect on the auric field. Massage can also help improve the aura. Making love and using Tantric positions with long gentle close contact can send positive energy to another. The skin also relates to the aura and exposing the skin to sunlight and fresh air is also beneficial for the aura.
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My oneness journey Where do I begin? A friend of a friend arranged one day in May of 2013 to do some animal healing at a cat refuge in Nerang. I am an animal lover so this was very exciting for me. She said, “I was at this Oneness meditation last night and it was amazing.” Instantly I thought when and where? My life was about to change I could feel it… So as soon as I got home I googled Oneness on the Gold Coast and found times and dates, rocked up on my own to one of the sessions and fell in love with it straight away. What Bliss I remember thinking, and the people were very peaceful. Two months later I became a Blessing Giver which meant I could give a Deeksha, (this is the divine energy being transferred from the body out through the Giver’s hands). Attending meditations, I learnt about my relationships that needed healing and which they did over this time. There was talk about Oneness in India and this had me captivated even more. I called my sister and said “Just tell ya husband we’re goin ta India” Ha ha. I was that excited…
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The opportunity came about in February 2014 where I could take the time to travel to India and participate in a 28 day Deepening Process. An application was lodged and boy did I feel it that same night. I could feel this energy flowing through me; it was like the process had begun. I arrived quite cheerfully in India trusting the process of it all; I believe I was experiencing a magical flow about things. It was all very mysterious and exciting. The driver with a big smile was relieved to see me accept his existence, later he told me the mozzies found him quite tasty, and my plane was a little late. We headed to the hotel through the hustle and bustle of Chennai where I was glad to rest my head that night. A two and a half hour drive to the campus was a good eye opener from the heart of Chennai to the outskirts of India. Loads of color, many beeping and business was happening. Seeing the cows roam freely had me in awe with the spirit of this place. The cows are very sacred and no one dares harm, let alone run them over with their motor cars. This would bring bad luck to them.
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travel Finally I arrived at my destination to a quiet peaceful place surrounded by mountains, a 6 foot brick fence accompanied by cheeky monkeys and the biggest mango trees I have ever seen. We registered and were kindly escorted to our units. Class started in the morning so I had plenty of time to settle in. All ready to expect the unexpected. It was all such a mystery. Well what can I say Love Love and more Love was all I saw and experienced the entire time. The teachers taught about love and God what more can you ask for? I realized something had been missing something very precious from my life and they helped me find it. I can’t thank them enough. I felt so much gratitude and peace the first two weeks, they eased us up to the 3rd and 4th which made us face some cold hard truths about ourselves which is good if you want to move forward in life. The teachings were organized, very simple to follow and were applied with much grace. The Dasa’s expressed passion, dedication and devotion to the teachings of Amma and Bhagavan. Much patience and compassion was felt by us all, so much love was experienced you have no idea. Seeing Sri Bhagavan for the first time I instantly felt to pray that he be protected and live a long time. So many emotions were flowing through me, so much love and compassion was felt by him. It was amazing…I was near crying why? He was an expression of love which radiated through out the whole temple that day. He was in my heart forever. As the weeks passed I was finding myself opening up to people joking, having a laugh and singing. The child in me was coming out to play. This is one of the important teachings, to allow the child-like to come out to play and be expressed, to live in the moment like the child does. So much 60
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truth. A child’s wondrous ways of being in awe of life not with cluttered views or separation just in the moment. So much relief and peace I was feeling. I had forgotten. We went to the most beautiful temple every day attending lectures and participated in the processes in the evenings until late. It was such a privilege to have been in her presence. This temple is a breathing living consciousness. You can even talk to her, she understands you. She has helped heal thousands of people. She is amazing…
travel The afternoon lectures were taught by a monk called Kumarji, one of Bhagavans disciples. He captured all our hearts. The last class we had with him we gave a standing ovation with so much gratitude and tears in our eyes, it was felt by all of us. He showed the utmost respect, so much patience and taught with a true warm heart. Never will I forget how he held us in the palm of his hands. I am blessed yet again to have been in his presence. Thank you Kumarji. Throughout the 28 days I surprisingly dreamt every night, my old beliefs were lifted and erased, new friendships were discovered, gratitude was deepened and embraced, my heart opened and learnt to love once again, confidence grew and limitations disappeared. There is so much more to be said about this amazing experience I wasn’t expecting to be writing so much. Life is simple and to experience the moment is a gift, we must stay in the present, this is where our creation begins. If you ever get stuck in life and need help ask God for that extra helping hand he loves you so much. Pray daily and express gratitude to your divine and know that you are Love.
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A journey into awakening is a course which helps you to move towards fulfilment, transformation, freedom and Awakening. If you feel this is your calling to go to India and experience this amazing place please follow the link and apply or find out more information. “ There is only one cause for human problems, and that is the sense of separateness� ~ Sri Bhagavan You can contact Dana for more information on +61 422630512. www.onenessuniversity.org www.danasdivinehealing.com.au
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t the time, this fellow struck me as resembling Ghandi. He was an elderly temple sweeper I happened upon, tucked away in an obscure part of the Shatrunjaya Temple complex, in Palitana, Gujarat. Off the beaten path, I was one of the very few westerners to join the thousands of Jains on a pilgrimage to this sacred holy place. As per usual, it was located on the top of a small mountain.
Not long after I encountered this gentleman, I was mobbed by dozens of happy, young stone carvers, who were restoring part of an old temple. They were eager to shake my hand and have a chat to a strange white fellow; few travellers bother to journey to Palitana. Yet again, the more off the beaten path one gets, the greater the travel experiences. As the sun set that night, it was exhilarating to realize I hadn’t seen another sweaty whitey for a few days. BUT…. I was aching for a beer. Gujarat is one of the few ‘dry’ states – no alcohol. So the next day I jumped on a local bus [which disconcertingly had a rear end crunched up from a recent crash], and headed for the former Portuguese island colony of Diu; a haven rife with the debauchery of beach, beer, and cheap motorcycle hire. I was back on familiar ground.
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Indian stories - varanasi
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By Mark Wambold
After a slow, 30hr train journey from Amritsar (close to the Pakistani border), I alighted at the compact wonder that is Varanasi. An hour later I hired a boat and took this photo at dawn. Varanasi is one of the most picturesque places in India. It’s only built up with temples and ghats for a about a 7km stretch of the Ganges river. In fact, this hallowed Hindu ground, at first glance seems slightly akin to a Bollywood set – a photo-friendly façade that fades into the normal kind of Indian city beyond a block inland, and faces an empty, undeveloped shore across from the bustle. However, one quickly realizes, this stretch of the river is as rich and as interesting as most anywhere else you’re likely stumble upon in India. Built on top of itself over hundreds of years, countless temples and ghats (stairs to the waterline) meet the Ganges. Hindus strip to their skivvies and take a dip in these holy waters, all day, every day. But never, NEVER join the locals and take a dip. The waters are so polluted they would literally be classed as raw sewage anywhere else [a fact]. Lots of people still swim in it, and have some of the strongest human immune systems in the world. Thousands of rowboats line the shores, and one can watch dozens of bodies burn on funeral pyres at burning ghats like Manikarnika (I’ll never forget the sizzle of human flesh, and the shrinking of an arm and hand as it melts, constricts in size, and becomes ash). Varanasi is pretty impressive.
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Thailand - ph January 2015
I have been to Thailand many times, I have always been drawn to the awesome fresh food and reasonably priced accommodation. I had heard a few things about Phuket before arriving, mainly that it was less authentic and more expensive than most parts of Thailand. With this is my mind, I wanted to find some nice accommodation away from the tourists traps and somewhere a little secluded, where I could practice some yoga and fully relax. I rented a private villa near Bang Tao beach called Layan Villa, out of the way but still only 10 minutes on motor bike to the beach. Each morning my girlfriend and I would start our day with a ginger tea and practice yoga on the roof top terrace of our villa. The morning sun slowly waking us up with it’s warmth and rejuvinating us to begin the day ahead. Yoga feels extra special when you look up past your finger tips, as you relax into your pose, only see blue sky and fluffy white clouds. This was the first time during a mountain pose, that I was face to face with a tropic green mountain, better than any yoga room I can tell you. Breakfast consisted of fresh fruit from the local markets. The first thing I do whenever I arrive in Thailand is hire a motor bike and explore the winding roads through the tropic rainforest and explore every road I can. It’s always best to explore early mornings as the roads are clear, no big trucks or 68
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Brendan McMullum
I grew up in Central West NSW in a small town called Orange. I’ve always had a passion for photography growing up and playing sports. Photography has always been away to express my self and I love taking portraits as its a great way to connect with people an capture a slice of the beauty in the every day. As I have retired from playing Rugby I have found another challenge in Yoga, mental and physical strength in one, giving back to my body from the years of impact sports. This year is all about travel and connecting with people and myself, India is my next stop in March I’ll keep you updated with a travel blog at Brendanmcmullanphotography@gmail.com
crazy motor bike riders as the Thai people normally stay up late and are slow risers in the morning, not to mention as it’s a lot cooler and the humidity has not kicked in yet. During one of these morning rides we came across the worn out road that looked interesting, so we followed this winding road to the end of the peninsula and found a gigantic abandoned resort that was 90% finished and left to ruin. This was my favorite spot in Phuket by far, so peaceful, sitting in this dilapidated building that never reached its full potential but still so beautiful in its own right. The view was magnificent overlooking the whole bay and the perfect location for meditation. As I said earlier, food is one of my favorite things about Thailand. I always found that the places where the locals were eating and the furthest away from the tourist hubs always tasted the best and were the cheapest. I found one place owned by this little old Thai lady on the edge of town who made the best green curry I’ve ever tasted, the cheapest and the only place to give me free water melon as dessert. I am sure you may have come to realize that the intention for my Thai escape was not the run of the mill tourist dream. I went in search of the authentic experience, to connect with myself and the locals, which is certainly still possible on a busy island like Phuket, if you know what to look for. ARTINZENE / Issue #1
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Poetry Dear time
By joshua holms
Who are you? What is your purpose? Do you hinder or help humanity? You command anxiety, stress and disassociation. You dictate the terms. People scurry through life just to beat you. If I embrace the moment and participate in nothing all of a sudden I’m “killing time” you are a victim, perpetrator and rescuer tightly bound to the one concept. You are measured yet not guaranteed, you define spontaneity yet govern structure, I can tell time however, you will never listen. You are definitive although somehow you differ dependent upon an individual’s perception. You can fly, stand still or drag. I run, you fly. I meditate, you stand still. I start counting minutes, you draaaaaag.
Joshua Holms ”Truth seeking, bummily poetic, freedom fighting, word bending free spirit on a quest to command the English language in a bid to attain and express the unthinkable; to shed light on inequality and spark the mind that might change the world.”
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In personal stillness you cease to exist. Your fort fractures when faced with a free mind. Boredom dies when the realization dawns that you do not live. Old friend to me you are a concept and an illusion. The little hand is your cloak the big hand your dagger. You kill experience; you turn feelings to fear and dreams to nightmares. I hereby suspend you dear old friend. Your symmetry is no longer my savior, your dates not my dictator. I’ am here not there not going anywhere; I’ am now!
Piercing Light
poetry Dim Moonlight
By Sashton Waters
Piercing light exhumes the day Dug from the darkest of reaches Where emptiness mellows Embedded on cotton candy clouds Dampened by the perpetual echoes of nothingness Where dreams are spawned by vapors That delicately evaporate with the mere concept of consciousness Grasping beyond ones reach through a veil of hollow lands Where vacuity consumes your soul Purifying you from the encumbrance of existence and verve Succumb if you will Awaken and reminisce once more Dancing in the elusiveness of an old familiar friend As piercing light exhumes a new day.
Gaze upon me Amongst my softness View me as I see you Reflecting in dim paleness of the moonlight filtered through swaying earth and water stained glass. My landscape lays bare breasted and exposed in your kingdom ready to be claimed by your rule Play with my paradoxes Provoke my soul Tear down my boundaries Unveil my weaknesses I don’t need to be reminded I’m happy where I am Come soar with me in gentle places high above the melancholy of charcoal skies
Listen softly to the tones in my melody that are strung by the beat of your drum Unveil your strength before me Like rolling thunder proclaiming the way for lightening Forging solid places for us to land While reluctantly catching our breath As if we were catching elusive butterflies in nets flawed with tears and mangled woven tresses. Keep your kingdom but on occasion follow me. I know of castles too and if our path strays and the roads seem dreary and our Castles disappear amongst heavy fog bearing down on this earth. Let us strip down to smiles and let our unshackled robes be our bed on hardened damp earth so we may gaze amongst the dim moonlight once more. ARTINZENE / Issue #1
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Nimjara
ByPepe Moore
A still boy feels the grass brush his legs from a fresh breeze, A handful of clams and oysters shells from the generous sea’s, A golden sun filled hue forming in shrouds, Nimjara making out the animals formed by the shapes in the clouds. Clang, clang, clang the mid day fire and the oysters go on, Then there’s a movement on the corner of Nimjara’s eye on the horizon, Eyes squinting and straining thinking it’s a bird on blue waters not so far away, But no it’s further the giant bird is behind the sea spray. Uncle Noojoo starts to eat Nimjaras oysters and clams, “Hey Nim, what are you looking at and when you gonna rejoin to the clan” Nimjara replied “Noo, there’s a giant animal floating on the sea” Then Noojoo replied in between gulps “let’s go to the cliffs so we can see”. The two scrambled ‘round back of the bush and got to the cliffs edge, Just to be safe they squatted behind the wattle hedge, Nimjara said, “It’s a funny looking bird with no sqawkin, yelping or tapping” Noojoo then interrupted, “Its got big white wings but they’re not flapping”. Then the animal got closer and the two could make out more of the giant birds detail, Noojoo says confused “it aint no giant bird, it’s got no head and no tail” Nimjarra says, “It’s a giant ugly canoe made of giant trees” Noo slowly gets up “I’m getting hungry I’m getting off my knees”. The sun now makes Nimjara’s shadow a man’s length long, The clans close by from the echo of their hunting song, 72
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Artist Simon Mclean with his latest exhibition “the Batavia”
poetry The two see now closer this giant floating canoe, What tribe is on the this canoe, who? “Noo I see this thing and something just doesn’t feel right” “Nim stay here and I will gather the clan, the caves is where we sleep tonight” So Noojoo runs down the back of the cliff to the clan, Nimjara heads to a cove in the shadows with cool wet sand. Nimjara sees this strange clan moving in this big thing, As the shadows form he now couldn’t hear his tribe sing, Nimjara looked towards his land with a strange sinking feeling, The strange clan in the giant canoe has no smiles or singing, the situation was not appealing. Everything just seemed so strange, A frown and a raised eyebrow Nimjara knew his home would change, So he ran back down the beach, put out the fire and collected his oysters and clams, Ran back past the caves, through the scrub, ‘round the back of the cliff and into to caves to join his clan.
Pep Moore, lover of words and writing about the amazing connections of people in a modern urban setting. He calls his brand of poetry "urban parables" and has spent the last five years cutting his teeth on the cool concrete floors of the IRA and Dust Temple in the flourishing spoken word and poetry art scene on the southern Gold Coast. His performances are honest, raw and at times filled with that primal energy. Simon McLean’s painting that inspired Poet Pepe Moore (pictured) to write Nimjara.
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by joshua gorissen
A lovers walk away Your long hair draping down your naked back as I watch you walk away, from me for just a second and yet my heart breaks just a little at this. All my heart’s desire to hold you in my arms wrapped up and lost in pleasures of the moment. Skin on skin, lips kissing all they can find; ever curious in all that is your body. Heart beating in this time, blood flowing richer and stronger than any river; getting caught in passions flood. My skin tingles at the thought of you pressed against my body, in naught but what we were brought into this world with. Joshua Gorissen I started writing poetry last year around April and have written about two a week since then. I have 119 so far and I don’t feel as if I’m out if ideas yet.
Nature Flow of the breeze through branches ever reaching upward, as we breathe ever in and out. Free as the wind in the sky, to float where ever one pleases. Not bound to flesh, ground or to the pain of toil. As we become dust once more, forever revolving. Loving that one to the end of our personal age.
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Sun rises and sets each new day, upon the horizon we set our eyes for drifting dreams to come. As we sit lingering in this moment soaking in all there is the beauty of this place. Naught but the sounds of nature and waves rippled to whisper and sing us to sleep on this bed of grass. Fresh is the breeze that surrounds our body’s skin, wrapped in bed sheet on the dirt beneath the grass. Whisked droplets of sea sailing on the air landing on our closed eyelids, while we rest here enjoying this summer day and warmth of the beating down sun. Waiting for the moon to show herilluminant she rests once more at the other side. Never ending courtship of the moon and the sun, forever in love never to be held by one another. luminant snow white face, for her to dance her way across the sky until she rests once more at the other side. Never ending courtship of the moon and the sun, forever in love never to be held by one another.
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Blood red rose I hold the rose up to my face with both hands and breathe in its pleasant sweet aroma, the fragrance clings to my face. The soft velvet of the petals I feel in my hands still, the life of earth still resonates through the membranes of the once alive flower. Cold is it’s being against my warm hard hands, blood red flows through the skin as lips
Mind sketch. When the darkness of closed eyes sinks in, all that remains is the beauty of your face, long lingering after I saw it last as a sketch engraved on the inner of my eyelids. Fingers grasping your silky woven hair, draping over my body and throughout my soul. Sending shivers into the bone and muscle. Velvet lips forever I want to slumber in with mine, frozen in time.
A far off lover. A face in my mind shrouded in the distances blur, one of elegance and beauty; taken in black and white. Skin so smooth with hair long flowing, I can hear that sweet voice playing on the internal record most harmonious music is such. The words of your soul written inside as a script waiting to be played out, my skin knows the touch of your fingers with the shivers up my spine. our time. The tears I hold back as I hold your waist and fall ever more slightly every moment I’m exposed to you.r wondrous heart, smile and withholding soulful eyes. ARTINZENE / Issue #1 by one another.
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Us
By Mark Wambold
Many live in same spaces. Most have different perspectives. Yet we all share this world. How we live is who we are. Urban/Non-Urban. Cultures form our skin Stripped of such we’re all merely flesh and bone. Environments are places, people, creatures, ideas.
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Midnight in the garden of good & evil
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ByRachael Dawson
It’s been 10 years. Not very long ones. I look at these walls and I wonder if the residue will stay forever. I wonder if the stippled roof has absorbed the past. The dust and the grit holding tiny particles of laughter, sweat, blood and tears. I was stuck within an existence I thought was going to last forever. Chained to wooden floorboards, bound by broken taps. These walls have supported a tormented space. An irreparable broken heart. Surrounded by the neighbouring trees, nature’s soldiers supported me. This broken heart. This disjointed brain. The creek hugs me. The bath, a warm refuge of peace. Ahhh this house these walls Salmon asparagus and LSD eaten by lovers who were delightfully painted gold. Sunrises and sunsets welcomed - taunted by a kookaburras laugh. Blanketed skies speckled with a thousand stars. 3am clouded call
Opal nera Easy rider Skateboards, champagne with bombing of hills in the welcomed summer rain. A marriage proposal A physical decline. These walls witnessed a death. A cave of stability that almost tricked me, almost killed me. Ahhh these walls. They stood beside me vertically, did they judge me? They won’t see my resurrection but that’s ok. I lean up against them, place an open palm against its concrete heart Quietly I close my eyes and whisper Fuck you. My freedom is here and i”ll let you be. Alone, tormented in your synthetic peace. You do not own me ARTINZENE / Issue #1
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Sharks under threat
ENVIRONMENT
ByClaire Wilkinson
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hen we think of the ocean’s most fearsome predator, the shark would most likely top the list in the minds of most. But behind those endless rows of razor sharp teeth and menacing eyes there is a side to the shark that remains terribly misunderstood. We constantly hear horror stories in the media of vicious frenzied attacks on swimmers and surfers and are bombarded with images of sharks at their most terrifying, wide open jaws and teeth marks in surfboards, but in reality, on average only 5-10 fatal shark attacks are reported worldwide each year as opposed to humans being responsible for the deaths of 100 million sharks annually. With an average age of sexual maturity similar to humans, they are being wiped out faster than they can reproduce. Sharks are facing more threats than most people may be aware of, for example; Shark finning, a multi-million dollar industry and can be attributed to the majority of the population decline. The fins are used to make an Asian delicacy called Shark Fin Soup and the cartilage processed into capsules by pharmaceutical companies and sold as a joint remedy. Commercial fisheries predominantly use long lines to catch sharks, but this is not selective; many other fish ARTINZENE / Issue #1
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ENVIRONMENT species are caught on the lines and are simply thrown back overboard as by catch. Long lines can stretch for kilometres and have attached a series of baited hooks. When a shark is hauled onto the boat the fishermen slice off their fins and tail (even if the animal is still alive) and throw the body into the water to sink. Not only is this considered inhumane by many animal rights activist groups, but it is also extremely wasteful. Other perils confronting our sharks include pollution, sport fishing, shark nets and drum lines. Contrary to popular belief, the Shark is not something we can live without; at the top of the marine food chain, it is responsible for keeping the species lower on the food chain under control and has maintained the balance of life in our Oceans for the last 400 million years. Without apex predators to keep populations of prey species at a sustainable level, entire marine eco-systems would collapse. This extends
all the way to the phytoplankton which produce oxygen into the earth’s atmosphere. It has only taken humans approximately 150 years to wipe out 90% of shark populations and unless we see a drastic change in the near future we could lose the health of our oceans and in turn our planet. Facing so many dangers, the shark has quickly become the victim of man-kind. It seems we are of greater threat to the shark than it is to us and unless a greater awareness is raised about this highly developed, awe inspiring creature, it may be lost to us forever. Claire is passionate about the preservation of wildlife and the environment. Claire was Merchandise Manager for Sea Shepherd GC from 2011~2014. She volunteers for Humpbacks and Highrises and Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary as well as other conservation independent projects. Claire would like to become a Conservationist particulary working with misunderstood predators.
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Environment Caresse is an earthling! Aware of the evolutionary miracle of me and we! Spellbound by the wonder of life. Puzzled about our species destructive relationship to Nature and one another. A journier of consciousness! Sometimes performance poet committed to our collective awakening!
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Snaps
By Caresse Cranwell
Mates, Listen up I’m a Turtle I’m part of a Circle We’re inter-related Life’s systems are integrated In a web of inter-connected links that define our common destiny Economy rests on Ecology The sea that swims inside of you Flows in and out of me
Here’s my mate Manta She thinks you’re in fantasia Sweeping headlong to catastrophe It’s like you’re in a stupor Headed toward a future Where there’s no more creatures in the deep blue of the sea Sea levels rising, Temperature’s flying, Ocean’s acidifying, Plastic’s are a gyring Reef’s are a bleaching, Fisheries reaching Extinctive levels, some are history
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Me and all me cuz, we know there’s lots of love because You bring your gopro’s, your instant camera’s You take your photo’s, you instagram us You get all excited, your flippers flying All the while you’re trying To capture your rapture To step beyond the fracture of our separativity.
You try to capture the moment in images abundant That soon become redundant Consigned to history just like I’ll be If you don’t do more that snap me Facebook caption me Take your selfies Then return to getting wealthy In the global suicide that has economy rise above ecology.
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Mates we’re all part of a circle You me the fish the turtles We all need to evolve, to have a natural change Can you step beyond the shoaling mind Where opinions they have run aground Beyond the righteous right, the bloody wrong Enter diverse conversations Multi-dimensional investigations Embrace the limitations The difficult situations Let them bring co-operations Illuminations Unexpected Unifications Eco-social integrations Use all the hues of difference That give the eco-system its brilliance. So drop the Greater Barriers and Let the Carrier reefs arise and thrive Remind us of the wonder The challenge, the dynamic balance Of being alive Or I’ll end up A plastic turtle In a plastic circle A cup-cake at a Tea party.
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